Who's Free, Who's Not

Updated Nov. 1, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

By Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., Kim R. Holmes and Melanie Kirkpatrick. Messrs. O'Driscoll and Holmes, of the Heritage Foundation, and Ms. Kirkpatrick, of the Journal's editorial page, are co-editors of the "2001 Index of Economic Freedom."

T here is good news and bad news in the annual Index of Economic Freedom, to be published today by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.